The narrow defeat of Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch at the polls has dominated Ireland’s general election and the fallout from the huge vote he got has divided the public. So why did unprecedented numbers vote for the Veteran criminal who remains under suspicion for money laundering? Nicola speaks with...

Gardai are treating as murder the death of an 8-year-old girl who died from a stab wound after intervening in a row between two adults. Malika Al Katib is understood to have been awoken by a “commotion” at her home New Ross. Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the terrible tragedy in the heart...

A Moldovan man caught with €1.2 million worth of cocaine hidden in a secret compartment has pleaded guilty in court. Stefan Copiimulti was arrested during a crackdown by the Garda’s drug bureau officers on a large Eastern European grouping believed to be operating here for years. Nicola speaks to...